CamoDeafie
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- Jan 7, 2010
looks like you've alot of blocking to do. hey, what does the color code on the cowl tag say? looks surprisingly similar to my ciera's coloring scheme, but faded more....
so your fixing up the panels on the t-type to put on your GN or are you restoring the t-type?
looks like you've alot of blocking to do. hey, what does the color code on the cowl tag say? looks surprisingly similar to my ciera's coloring scheme, but faded more....
So my question, is how is this thing so rusty being in Texas? Did it come out of the northern US or something?
Theres like 3 rusty cutlasses running it town that just kinda appeared, theres like 2 in town that arent rust buckets.
Hi Charlie I am glad you got back your phone thanks for info and link to hydroboost very informative I did not know that you are an expert welder and body man looks very nice keep up the good work, Paul
Yeah I started at the beginning. I just ment more than just the quarter panel. The whole car.
I noticed its a limited, being there wasnt many 83 T types built it must be pretty rare with it being a limited.
Well I think I'm finally done welding the panels for now. I still have some grinding to do on the lower but everything looks good. Penatration looks good and the outer just needs to be ground down some to check it. The wheel well looks suprisingly nice now which I'm happy about. I'm gonna take a cut off wheel and clean up some of my welds on the inside of it because It ain't purty and I want to make sure there's no holes in it. Coming soon is pulling the rear out so I can modify the pearches and a few other things.:biggrin:
I've seen more 83 limited than normal T-types..I have a limited too.Yeah I started at the beginning. I just ment more than just the quarter panel. The whole car.
I noticed its a limited, being there wasnt many 83 T types built it must be pretty rare with it being a limited.
Charlie you are doing great work for not doing that before. I'm hoping to have a spot in the garage soon to start on mine.
Well I did the grinding on the lower where I re-did the spot welds and it almost looks like the factory did it. It also turns out that God has a sense of humor. As I was cleaning up the spot welds I had to add some extra matereal because the welds didn't fill the holes completely and found that I'd forgoten one frigging spot.:redface: On the very back I had to cut out 2 spot welds and forgot to weld them up again. They face downward and as I tried to weld them I blew through the metal.:frown: Ever try to weld on your back with slag falling on you? It hurts to say the least, but the holes are all filled now.:biggrin: Just a little more grinding and I can finish getting the car up so I can remove the rear and tranny.
The original drain is still there at the front of the fender but I need to reshape them slightly and make them a little more effective.
What's a good seam sealer now? I'm going to clean out a bunch of the old sealer and re-do it all. We carry the Bondo brand but I'd prefer something a little beter than that.